Wild weather / by John Lynch ; foreword by Donal MacIntyre.

By:

Lynch, John

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : BBC, 2002Description: 240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports ; 29 cmISBN:

0563534478

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Contents:

Ch. one : weatherworld -- Ch. two : wind -- Ch. three : wet -- Ch. four : cold -- Ch. five : hot -- Ch. six : change.

Summary: "The weather is the last truly wild thing on Earth; we cannot predict it and we cannot control it - so how does it work?... From hurricanes to sandstorms and monssons to avalanches, via solar storms and the jet strem, [this book] takes a trip with the most exciting and dangerous forces of the weather. Drawing on the most up-to-the-minute scientific evidence, [this book] predicts what the consequences of global weather change will be for our unpredictable world." --BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	551.5 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900091315

"Accompanies the BBC TV series" -- cover.

Bibliography: p. 231. - Includes index.

Ch. one : weatherworld -- Ch. two : wind -- Ch. three : wet -- Ch. four : cold -- Ch. five : hot -- Ch. six : change.

"The weather is the last truly wild thing on Earth; we cannot predict it and we cannot control it - so how does it work?... From hurricanes to sandstorms and monssons to avalanches, via solar storms and the jet strem, [this book] takes a trip with the most exciting and dangerous forces of the weather. Drawing on the most up-to-the-minute scientific evidence, [this book] predicts what the consequences of global weather change will be for our unpredictable world." --BOOK JACKET.

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